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jimlight
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July 6, 2018
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How do I make a cross-reference link target appear at the bottom of the page instead of the top?

  • July 6, 2018
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Happy Friday!

This is a simple problem, but for some reason it's still beating me.  I am not a FrameMaker Samurai yet, more like a brown belt, if that helps!

Here's the scenario:

I have 70+ Figure Titles with images right above them throughout the document, and in my Appendix section, I created a neat little Figure Reference table with the Figure Titles (Figure X-Y) in one column, and the description in the other column.  What I want to happen is for the user to click on a figure Title and be transported into the document where the title is placed at the bottom of the page, allowing the image to be viewed.  What's happening now that I don't know how to fix is that the target shows up at the top of the page when you click the link to it, so the image is on the next page above, out of sight.

What setting am I missing here? 

Happy Friday everyone!

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Inspiring
July 6, 2018

Jim,

   You say, "I have 70+ Figure Titles with images right above them throughout the document". Are the images in anchored frames? Is the anchor for each frame in the same paragraph or a different paragraph as the corresponding Figure Title?

   You go on to say, "I created a … table with the Figure Titles (Figure X-Y) in one column"  Are you using cross-references to insert the Figure Titles into the table?

  Later you say "What's happening now … is that the target shows up at the top of the page when you click the link to it, so the image is on the next page above, out of sight." Do you mean that the figure title shows up at the top of the screen with the annotated image on the preceding screen?

   I've done a bit of testing this morning and it seems that when you traverse a cross-reference in FM, FM always displays the first line of the linked paragraph with as much of the paragraph as fits on the screen. It also displays as much of the preceding content on the page as will fit above the linked paragraph. If you want to see both the graphic and the Title, if you make sure they are in the same paragraph, you may get what you want.

   -- Lynne

Matt-Tech Comm Tools
Community Expert
Community Expert
July 6, 2018

Jumping to an xref puts it at top of page.

This is why it's 10x easier to put titles above the image, and place an anchor within the title.

No easy answer exists for your question, sorry.

-Matt Sullivan, FrameMaker Course Creator, Author, Trainer, Consultant
jimlight
jimlightAuthor
Known Participant
July 6, 2018

I'm not sure I have ever done a manual where the image title was above the image...?

Jeff_Coatsworth
Community Expert
Community Expert
July 6, 2018

Can you put a cross-reference marker above the image & then create your xref to it instead?